A dangerous cold snap bringing life-threatening cold was settling in across the northeastern US on Saturday and a snow squall triggered a pileup of dozens of vehicles on a Pennsylvania highway that left several people dead.
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Millions of people across the US Northeast stricken by massive storm Sandy will attempt to resume normal lives on Wednesday as markets and airports reopen, despite projections of power and mass transit outages lasting several more days.

The first widespread blizzard of the season slammed the northeastern US on the heavily traveled Christmas weekend on Sunday, canceling more than 1,500 flights, shutting the Amtrak passenger rail and challenging motorists on icy roads.
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